Howard HawksHawks Who?Howard Hawks may be the most famous and influential American director you've never heard of. During his lifetime, he was thought of as just another ol' Hollywood hand: a guy w...

Charles LedererThey Knew NewspapersThe original script for the play The Front Page was written by two newspaper guys, Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. MacArthur had worked at the City News Bureau o...

Columbia PicturesColumbia Pictures during the 20's and 30's was known as a lowbrow, low-rent establishment—the kind of studio that other studios snickered about behind its back. That all changed...

Classic Hollywood…Now With Snappier DialogueHoward Hawks was known for straightforward, Hollywood direction—skilled, but not, say, Hitchcock stylish. His Girl Friday has a few moments of cinema...

Sidney Cutner and Felix MillsSidney Cutner and Felix Mills were both composers who worked in Hollywood during the 1940's. Neither of them is especially famous. But they don't need to be, because th...

His Girl Friday is a beloved classic. Howard Hawks is famous. Cary Grant is an icon. But…1940 was a long, long time ago. Cary Grant still has his fan clubs, but old pop culture is old… no matte...